are you okay? | Award-Winning Short Film

Schools: "We TaKe BuLlYiNg SeRiOuSlY" Also schools: "I don't care who started, both of you apologize."

The dad "Now a days you can just block them" Yeah, but you can't block school.

Honestly a simple “are you ok” can mean a lot to a depressed person, cuz it shows them that at least someone cares

I love the subtle detail of the dad saying "luckily you can just block them" showing how hard it can be to find help with cyber bullying.

Feels pretty realistic how the guidance counselor talked about Noah getting bullied as though it was his fault.

"We take bullying V E R Y seriously." - Every school ever Me after getting bullied for years: Visible confusion

There is no better feeling than someone asking you if you are ok and knowing they really mean it

This is probably the most realistic version of school bullying I have ever seen. The awkward silence, the teacher’s inability to do much but then realising that words can really help and the dad’s response/reactions even though he means well, everything is 100% on point

"we take bullying serious" the only time you take it serious is when the victim fights back

Schools: "If you get bullied, don't be afraid to tell us. We will take matters into our hands and we treat it seriously." Also schools whenever someone gets bullied: "Well that sounds like a "you" problem."

"Now you can block them nowadays." This hits hard.

For those who feel bullied often and feels like there's nobody to help, You're never alone.

The fact that they included the "snitch" part shows it to be realistic. You can barely say anything without being called a snitch.

lets appreciate that the guy kept his distance when watching the girl draw

The fact that the "goo" that grows in each person's room, that they are trapped in their own ideas, is what scares the most, since the idea of "drowning" in ideas would be like giving up everything, and ending everything , if you understand me..

As someone that got bullied for over 10 years, I never was the quiet one, I was "the outsider". They called me freak, ugly, fat, really bad words of all kind, volcano...anything. I always got angry and shouted back.. The teachers always heard me and thought I was the problem.. after a while, I thought that too..I had su!cidal thoughts but I didn't want to be even more painful for my family, who's amazing. On May 2022, a light came into my life, a new girl, a miracle, she was as lonely as me and we got on well from the start. We became our torch in all that darkness. We became best friends and, on March 2023, we met a guy from another school and we became "the outsiders trio". We all slowly became less and less sad and on September, we all got in high school, in different classes, yes, but closer that I could ever wish for. I met two girls like us on my new class and now we are "The freaktastic five plus one" (We know the name is cringe but we don't care anymore). (Yes, I'm 15) Btw I'm sorry if there are mistakes, english isn't my first language.

The fact that people say “rat” and call people “snitches” When they are literally in high school and not important at all.

one of the best parts of this is that they didn't insinuate any romance between raquelle and noah.

when he asked her back if she’s okay and she started tearing up i felt that so much

I like how they ended it on the note of “focus on what matters and makes you happy and it will be OKAY”